Mark Whitacre, a Morrow native whose inept undercover work for the FBI inspired the new Matt Damon film, "The Informant!", is pictured with his wife, Ginger.

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If not for Maineville native Ginger Whitacre, Matt Damon wouldn't be starring as "The Informant!" a dark comedy opening in area theaters Friday.

The 1976 Little Miami High School graduate convinced her husband to cooperate with the FBI in 1992, and blow the whistle on an international price-fixing scheme by his employer, Archer Daniels Midland, the agri-business giant based in Decatur, Ill.

"She told me: If you don't tell them about the price-fixing, I will," said Mark Whitacre, her childhood sweetheart and a Morrow native. ...